Media Appearances and Mentions

Interviewed, Naomi Klinge, Houston Business Journal, Enron 'relaunch' leads to confusion, questions surrounding trademarks and more (December 03, 2024)

Interviewed, Dwight Silverman, Texas Monthly, The trademark dispute between WordPress and WP Engine (Forthcoming)

Interviewed, Aydan Urias, Staff Editor, Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 42, regarding my published article, The Piracy Paradox and Indigenous Fashion (March 14, 2024).

Interviewed, Professor J. Janewa Osei-Tutu for Jot Kulture, Copyright and Community Authors: Who Owns that Meme or Dance Craze (April 5, 2024)

Interviewed, Texas Monthly, about an intellectual property dispute between the inventor of the world’s first cosmetic penile implant and other urologists who allegedly stole the idea. (June 08, 2023)  

Interviewed, Bloomberg Law, regarding a novel claim of “cultural appropriation” among other intellectual property claims made by the plaintiff, former teen pop group OMG Girls, against MGA Entertainment regarding the latter’s OMG Dolls product. (May 9, 2023) 

Interviewed, ESPN, on the NFL’s aggressive enforcement of its trademarks including the “Super Bowl” mark. (Feb. 03, 2023)

Interviewed, Bloomberg TV Bulgaria, on legal issues in bioprospecting and biopiracy. (November 9, 2021)

Interviewed, The Scientist journal about balancing restrictions on access to biodiversity and traditional (indigenous) knowledge with scientific research. (December 17, 2020)

Interviewed, WESA 90.5 (NPR news station) on a dispute involving the destruction of a community mural and potential violation of the Federal Virtual Artists Rights Act. (July 25, 2020)

Interviewed (in Amharic), Adebabay Media about international legal issues related to the Nile dam dispute between the governments of Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia. (July 23, 2020)

Interviewed, Brian L. Frye, Aman Gebru on Traditional Knowledge as Prior Art, Ipse Dixit podcast, Season 1, Ep. 155. (February 17, 2019)